Central Florida Council Boy Scouts of America Inc

“The voting members of the organization are comprised of the "active membership" of the council as defined in the organization's bylaws. The active membership of the local council shall consist of chartered organization representatives and members at large. Chartered organization representatives shall represent organizations or community groups operating units. Each organization or community group to which a charter is granted by the boy scouts of america to operate one or more recognized scouting units shall elect or appoint a chartered organization representative, who shall be other than the unit leader or assistance unit leader, as a member of the local council. Members at large of the local council shall include persons chosen from the various business, civic, educational, labor, professional, social, and religious interests of the communities in the corporation's territory. The local council shall have not fewer than 100 active members. At all times chartered organization representatives shall constitute a majority of the active membership of the local council.”

“The voting members of the organization may elect persons to serve as council members at large, associate and honorary members of the council, national council members, regular voting members of the council executive board, and officers of the council (who are also voting members of the council executive board) other than the scout executive. The council executive board is the governing body of the organization.”

“Prior to filing each year, the council's audit committee performs a thorough review of a preliminary draft of its form 990 where it will recommend changes and/or corrections, if any, to the return preparer. When the changes have been incorporated in the return, the audit committee will recommend that it be presented to the entire board of directors for review. At that time, a complete copy of the council's form 990 and schedules is emailed to each director, where he or she is invited to review the return.”

“At least once a year, the council distributes a conflict of interest certification and disclosure form to its officers, directors, trustees, and professional employees. The covered persons are required to complete and sign the certification and disclosure form, which is retained in the council files. The certification and disclosure forms are reviewed no less than annually by the scout executive and treasurer. Additionally, the council compiles and maintains a list of potentially conflicted entities and individuals. Proposed transactions are then matched against the list as a means of identifying possible conflicts. The scout executive is ultimately responsible for maintaining the list and screening for possible conflicts of interest. The council also requests in writing that its major vendors and service providers disclose any relationship - personal, financial, or otherwise - that the vendor or service provider has with any of the council's directors, officers, employees, or volunteers in order to assist the council in monitoring compliance with its conflict of interest policy. In addition, the council periodically reviews major transactions to ensure any compensation paid continues to be reasonable. If a possible conflict is identified with respect to a proposed transaction, the council follows procedures set forth in its conflict of interest policy to determine whether an actual conflict exists and the procedures for addressing the conflict of interest. If a covered person fails to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, appropriate disciplinary and corrective action is taken including possible termination for a covered employee and prohibition from participating in the deliberations of the governing body for a board member.”

“Each year the council president appoints an independent compensation and benefits committee whose responsibilities are to review the performance of the scout executive and to establish a compensation package for him or her subject to approval by the executive board. The compensation of the scout executive is reviewed and approved using data as to comparable compensation for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. There is contemporeous documentation and record keeping with respect to the deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement. Form 990, part vi, line 15b - compensation review and approval process - officers & key employees each year the council president appoints an independent compensation and benefits committee whose responsibility is to establish a compensation package for key employees based on performance reviews conducted by the scout executive using data as to comparable compensation for similarly situated organizations. There is contemporaneous documentation and record keeping with respect to the deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement.”

“The council is included in the group exemption filing of the national council, boy scouts of america, and therefore, does not file form 1023.”

“If the governing documents (articles of incorporation, bylaws, and constitution) and policies of the council are subject to the federal public disclosure rules (or state public disclosure rules), these documents will be made publicly available as applicable law may require. Otherwise, the governing documents and policies will be provided to the public at the discretion of management.”

“Provision for bad debts 21,766.”

“Audit oversight committee: the organization's audit oversight committee is responsible for the selection, monitoring, and evaluation of an independent audit firm and oversight of the audit of its financial statements. There was no change in this process from prior year.”